"prime catalyst" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to an influential factor that helps to drive or accelerate an action or process. For example: "John was the prime catalyst behind the successful launch of the new product."
And in America, capitalism was the ultimate enemy, and Vietnam the prime catalyst.
The prime catalyst of this global movement of self-assertion is, obviously, President Trump.
Himself no Romantic, he was the definitive composer for Romantics, and the prime catalyst of the future.
Exhibit VIII-A shows recognition to be a prime catalyst for other motivational experiences, with recognition itself the most commonly mentioned second-level factor.
The prime catalyst of eolian activity during the late Holocene is inferred to be sediment supply, driven by climate periodicity and variable flow within the Gila River catchment.
In the early years, Tom Marioni was the prime catalyst for performance, first as the curator at the Richmond Art Center from in the East Bay from 1968-1971, and then at his Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA) founded in 1970 in San Francisco.
It's still the beginning stages here for this band, one of jazz's prime catalysts.
Joelle Sellner ("Teen Titans"); Jonathan London ("Geekscape"); Geoffrey Thorne ("Leverage," "Ben 1 0) and David Gorden ("Catalyst Prime: Accel") are writing the comics.
Today's NYT piece depicts Apple as prime mover and potential catalyst of change — but its actions and information from insiders suggest that it is simply unwilling.
Monoliths are the prime example of such catalysts because of their wide practical applications.
It finds that a complex series of circumstances were involved, but that in terms of the catalysts, the prime motivation was economic.
